Publications

October 1992
Teaching Note

Baxter Healthcare Corporation: ASAP Express TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Teaching Note for (9-188-080). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Competitive Advantage; Information Management; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

September 1992 (Revised July 1993)
Case

Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (D)

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Melinda Conrad and Charles S. Osborn

Provides a thorough overview of the company's 1990 and 1991 reorganizations and the resulting demand for information technology in lower levels of the organization. Closes with a discussion of Frito-Lay's most recent information technology projects, Explorer and... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Negotiation Deal; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Design; Projects; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

September 1992 (Revised November 1996)
Case

Royal Automobile Club Rescue Services Division: Transformation Through Technology

By: W. Earl Sasser and Roger H. Hallowell

The Royal Automobile Club uses a new computer and telephone system to improve its service standards and profitability. After the initial impact of changes from technology, the organization faces a need to choose between future technological development or... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Corporate Strategy; Service Industry; Auto Industry; United Kingdom

September 1992 (Revised March 1998)
Case

Japan Confronts an Interdependent World

By: George C. Lodge

Traces the evolution of Japan's economic strategy from 1972 to 1992. Describes the collapse of the Japanese stock market in the spring of 1992, raising the question: Is this the end of Japan's miraculous growth? To help students consider that question, the case... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Financial Markets; Information Technology; System Shocks; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Growth and Development; Situation or Environment; Japan; United States

September 1992
Teaching Note

Agrico, Inc.-- A Software Dilemma TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-189-085). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry

September 1992 (Revised October 1995)
Teaching Note

Eastman Kodak Co.: Managing Information Systems Through Strategic Alliances TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Teaching Note for (9-192-030). View Details

Keywords: Management; Information Technology; Strategy; Alliances; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

September 1992
Teaching Note

Aerospace Technology Manufacturing, Inc.: Industry, Company, and I/S Transitions TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Keywords: Transition; Aerospace Industry; Manufacturing Industry

1992
Chapter

Technology Challenges to Trade Policy

By: D. B. Yoffie

Keywords: Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Trade; Policy; Government and Politics; Technology Industry

August 1992
Case

Otis Pacific Asia Operations (A): National Challenges

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Describes the elevator market and Otis's competitive position in four markets: Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, and Japan. The student is asked to evaluate the strategic and competitive challenges in each market, especially in light of strong Japanese competition across the... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Network Effects; Problems and Challenges; Global Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Service Delivery; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; India; Japan; Malaysia; Hong Kong

Article

Considerations of Fairness and Strategy: Experimental Data from Sequential Games

By: V. Prasnikar and A. E. Roth

Keywords: Fairness; Strategy; Analytics and Data Science; Games, Gaming, and Gambling

July 1992 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: IT Support of Corn Research and Development

By: Richard L. Nolan, Donna B. Stoddard and Sorin A. Bodea

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Research and Development; Information Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

June 1992 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Concordia Casting Company

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Describes five years of development in a centralized data processing activity serving a highly decentralized corporation. Data processing manager discovers that a major software system conversion is a full year behind schedule, and subsequently makes several managerial... View Details

Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; System; Information Technology; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Human Resources; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain Management; Accounting; Auto Industry

June 1992
Teaching Note

Novel Combination of Two Drugs (B) and (C) and Technology Transfer Anti-Inflammatory Drug (B) and (C), Teaching Note

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Technology; Pharmaceutical Industry

May 1992
Teaching Note

Appex Corp., Teaching Note

By: Nitin Nohria

Teaching Note for (9-491-082). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States

May 1992
Teaching Note

Allen-Bradley's ICCG: Repositioning for the 1990s, Teaching Note

By: Nitin Nohria

Teaching Note for (9-491-066). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry

May 1992 (Revised November 1994)
Teaching Note

Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991, Teaching Note

By: Gary P. Pisano

Teaching Note for (9-692-056). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
Case

Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System

By: Robert L. Simons

Describes the computer-based information system (ABACUS) used to monitor and control business operations in a complex, global company. Describes the technical attributes of the database system, financial reporting requirements, target setting and profit calculations on... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Profit; Business Growth and Maturation; Analytics and Data Science; Design; Accounting Audits; Growth and Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Complexity; Technology Industry

May 1992 (Revised June 1995)
Teaching Note

Symantec, Teaching Note

By: Nitin Nohria

Teaching Note for (9-491-010). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry

April 1992
Background Note

Ethical Dimensions of Competitive Analysis

By: Michael E. Porter

Presents some of the dilemmas of gathering competitive information and the appropriate limits for competitive analysis. Raises the issues involved and provides information about actual corporate practice. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Competition; Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Governance; Information Management